146 ."I(:E5 SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN THE WEST > .; .< 4... ) . : -.-:f- ,.. " -- - :t- ; ;, ....':,3.. P;J"- > "\> --:{ -- :- .:. \--- . ....;;. I' ,I jt i' I I, OtuwL Together, these give a dashing, slightly Western impression . . . something for galloping off side-saddle in pursuit of rustlers. The long-sleeved cotton shirt is printed with pears and unidentifiable flora. Sizes 8 to 16. The shetland wool skirt is eyelet sashed, easily shaped. Sizes 6 to 16. Both, Cactus Green, Persimmon, Dirt Brown. Skirt in other colors too. Shirt about seven dollars, skirt about fifteen dollars at good stores and college shops 1407 Broadway, New York .10018 @ THE VILLAGER INC.,I%6 MANNEQUIN DES R.EG. U.S. PAT OFF. with perhaps a hundred seats" has been deservedly playing to capacity houses with its special summer program of five one-act playlets by two of the most creative among the most avant-garde pLlJ1wrights here-the Spaniard known simply as Arrabal, and E ugène Iones- co-under the direction of the intelli- gent AntoIne Bourseiller 'The first of the two A.rrabal plays, described as " i i .". " L v. eu't' come fi zes pan'lques, 1 a Princesse," a corned} of unreqll1ted love among three monsters and a royal rniss, who falls amorous of a mlnotaur and is spurned, is loved by a crab man, whon1 she spurns and who assassinates her, after wInch her cadaver is tenderly mourned by an elephant suitor she had never eVen met It is the fantastic cos- tlJ1neS of the cre.:ltures-vaSt head- pieces, all rather Picassoesque-and the vapid, drawIng-room sentImental talk of the princess that provide the audi- ence with the shock of humor, which is cardboard-thin, like sharp, colorful ideas merely glued together. However, Arrabal's "La Communiante" is psy- chologically extended to attain real weight, like a heavy mass of some base metal traced with occasional startling erotic designs 'The nzÏse en scènf' shows a young girl being dressed for nel first Comlnunlon by her bourgeoIs, mdI1- hating, pIOUS grandmother, who garbs her by taking the white robes, petti- coats, and fine laces off the household statue of the Virgin, which finally elnerges as a silvery nude statue of Venus. All the while, the old lady en- ligh tens the girl on how to be the per- fect housewife once she marries-shin- ing the floors, dusting the corners, and so on. To this litan} of virtuous house- cleaning the girl replies only, "Qui, Grandl'naman," except for one or two explicIt inquiries as to what a husband would be Jike. During tll1S monologue, .:l strangel} costumed masculine figure ;.; flits unnoticed back and forth across the stage, and at one moment brings in a coffin containing a dead woman. ..A.t last, a10ne with the corpse, he throws himself upon it with unbridled heroic virility, cut short by the return of the girl, who has a knife gleaming beneath her laces, with which she stabs hiln in th back, killing the myth of con j lIgal 1 " L C ." . ove. a omm unlante IS an extraor- dinary and gripping invention In shock. In the preface to the program, André Pieyre de Mandiargues says, "For divers reasons, in the strange epoch in which we h.:1 VL the happiness to live, to shock is as modern as preaching doubt- less was in the time of Peter the H erlnit." Arrabal, who has j lISt been awarded the Lugne Poë theatre prize N CLEEF & ARPELS "1'an4 Ïervel :Þ øu.tf , , " v .. þ .. ý J< '\..".. 4" 4",i v . #. :,;:: """ ;- .;. Golden Buttercups The eternal warmth and glow of Springtime has been captured in our Buttercup ensemble. Petals of textured 18 kt. gold, centers have a sparkling round diamond sur- rounded by cabochon turquoises. Clip . . . $165. Earclips . . . $230. Designs 0 Actual size.. --=-' ++.,.: t . ... - J.' .. -" .",.. . ";\> ",^ - - -.- i. " "'.... > . '::..-* > \., ..p^ .... <o..,.. ... ..w 746 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK .& ...:I < ø:a \ ADRIA ..:, , ' ';Õ.,-.. " .. ) \ \ '-'\ , < ." 'I. <<- \... . . LL txt > t-' New York: 673 Madison Ave. Philadelphia: 1733 Walnut St. Chicago: 909 No. Michigan Ave San Francisco: 255 Geary St. 4 . .. """".''''''''''''''<""",,,.'': ...... . ............. ...'(........ '.